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Construction Equipment Takes Flight From Hawaii Airport Project

ENR Construction

Among the property reported stolen are a 2019 Kawasaki Mule 4010 4x4 vehicle, two Lincoln Electric Ranger welders and accessories, concrete hammers and chippers, multiple generators and hand tools and laser level devices.

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Rejected Hawaii Utility Merger Scraps Aging Power Plant Upgrades

ENR Construction

Hawaii utility Hawaiian Electric Co. has withdrawn its $1.2-billion billion plan to upgrade oil-fired power plants to burn natural gas after state regulators rejected its planned merger with Florida-based clean-energy firm NextEra Energy Inc.

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California, Illinois, Texas Lead The Charge Toward A Modernized Electric Grid

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

California, Illinois, Texas Lead The Charge Toward A Modernized Electric Grid originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. For the third year in a row, California is the highest-ranked state when it comes to moving toward a modernized electric grid, according to the 3rd Annual Grid Modernization Index (GMI). GridWiseChart.

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Hawaii Utility Seeks Shovel-Ready Wind Projects To Operate by 2022

ENR Construction

Utility Hawaiian Electric is looking for shovel-ready utility-scale wind-generation projects on Oahu that could take advantage of the federal investment tax credit.

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Hawaii Utility's Failed Merger Puts $860M Gas-Fired Project in Limbo

ENR Construction

State regulators on July 15 rejected the deal between Hawaiian Electric and NextEra—a deal in play since 2014.

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Happy New Year!

Cassell Construction Estimating

According to ENR, over a billion dollars worth of work (per state) is in various stages of planning and bidding, in Hawaii, Arizona, and Washington. Additionally we put some finishing touches on Beachside Roofing Hawaii ’s brand-new Timberline Estimating system, going live last month. Our followup training is scheduled for March.

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Curt Horstmann won’t sit still

The Korte Company

My dad was a carpenter, my brother did a little electrical, my other brother did some plumbing. He’s worked everywhere from Kansas City to Rhode Island and even Hawaii. When we did work in Hawaii, everybody wanted to jump on it. I pretty much watched and observed everything. I did, too.